The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies’ (CALEA) Standard 52.1.11 requires an annual statistical summary of
internal affairs investigations. CALEA
also requires that an annual statistical summary be provided to department
employees. In 2014, the Office of
Professional Standards investigated fourteen cases compared to fifteen in 2013,
nine cases in 2012, seventeen cases in 2011 and seventeen cases in 2010. Of the fourteen cases, eleven cases were
externally generated (citizen complaints) and three were internally
generated. Eleven of the complaints involved
classified department employees (deputies) and three of the
complaints/investigations involved a civilian member of the department.

2014 Case Dispositions

Sustained: 3

Unfounded: 1

Exonerated: 8

Not Sustained: 1

Sustained on Policy 1

The below percentage was factored by the total of all case
dispositions per number of complaints (15).

Case Disposition by Percentage

Sustained: 21.4%

Unfounded: 7.14%

Exonerated: 57.1%

Not Sustained: 7.14%

Sustained on
Policy: 7.14%

In 2014, Sustained
complaints decreased to 21.4% compared to 46.6% in 2013, 11.1% in 2012, 32.3%
in 2011 and 35.29% in 2010. Unfounded complaints decreased to 7.14%
compared to 15% in 2013, 11.1% in 2012, 0% in 2011 and 17.6% in 2010. Exonerated
complaints increased to 57.1% compared to 21.67% in 2013, 66.6% in 2012, 67.7% in
2011 and 41.17% in 2010. The complaints Not Sustained decreased to 7.14% in 2014
compared to 15% in 2013, 11.1% in 2012, 0% in 2011 and 3.1% in 2010. Sustained
on Policy increased to 7.14% in 2014 compared to 1.6% in 2013, 0% in 2012 and
2011, but was decreased when compared to 5.8% in 2010.